NE Valley Times

The Corporation Commission paid an average compensation of $61,715 during 2018, according to data compiled by The Arizona Republic. Arizona public employees as a whole averaged 4 percent less with a compensation of $59,597. Total compensation is made up of an employee's annual salary with the addition of any overtime pay earned throughout the year.

The highest-paid public employee working for the Corporation Commission—Matthew Neubert—earned $154,320.

When calculating average compensation, only employees categorized as full time were included.

Rank	Employee	Job title	Amount Earned
1	Matthew Neubert	--	$154,320
2	Dwight Nodes	--	$130,000
2	Mark Dinell	--	$130,000
2	Elijah Abinah	--	$130,000
2	Robin Mitchell	--	$130,000
6	Jane Rodda	--	$125,000
6	Andrew Kvesic	--	$125,000
8	Leticia Butner	--	$121,000
9	Tanya Gibson	--	$120,000
10	James Armstrong	--	$118,603
11	Sharleen Day	--	$116,000
11	Wendy Coy	--	$116,000
13	Sarah Harpring	--	$115,000
13	Kimberly Battista	--	$115,000
13	Van Wesley Cleve	--	$115,000
16	Terri Ford	--	$113,603
17	Maureen Scott	--	$110,000
17	John Mazza	--	$110,000
19	Gerald Becker	--	$106,500
20	Chris Watson	--	$105,000
20	Holly Ward	--	$105,000
22	Phong Huynh	--	$104,998
23	Phillip Hofling	--	$100,006
24	James Burgess	--	$100,000
25	Steven Olea	--	$99,500
26	Ranelle Paladino	--	$99,000
26	Brandon Nelson	--	$99,000
28	Barbarajo Transue	--	$98,992
29	Baker Susan Toth	--	$97,611
30	Maricela Colin	--	$97,000
30	Landon Stevens	--	$97,000
32	Ryan McCarthy	--	$95,000
33	Christopher Kempley	--	$94,500
34	Scott Hesla	--	$94,000
34	Diana Lewis	--	$94,000
36	Frank Drake	--	$93,998
37	Yvette Kinsey	--	$93,000
38	Ryan Millecam	--	$92,000
39	Alan Walker	Senior app developer	$91,560
40	Barbara Keene	--	$91,490
41	Darron Carlson	--	$91,000
41	Robert Gray	--	$91,000
41	Laurie Woodall	--	$91,000
41	Charles Hains	--	$91,000
41	Belinda Martin	--	$91,000
46	Aaron Brooks	--	$90,750
47	Paul Kitchin	--	$90,002
47	Michael Shaw	--	$90,002
49	Marc Stern	--	$90,000
49	Ford Erin Faulhaber	--	$90,000
51	Jason Laforest	--	$89,000
51	Naomi Davis	--	$89,000
53	Robert Geake	--	$87,500
54	Jian Liu	--	$87,273
55	Blessing Chukwu	--	$86,886
56	Briton Baxter	--	$86,750
56	Pamela Genung	--	$86,750
58	Brian Schneider	--	$85,010
58	Christopher Nichols	--	$85,010
60	Frank Smaila	--	$85,000
60	Bridget Humphrey	--	$85,000
60	Sasha Paternoster	--	$85,000
60	Margaret Lindsey	--	$85,000
64	Gordon Fox	--	$82,324
65	Justin Black	--	$81,994
66	Richard Lloyd	Public utilities analyst	$81,900
67	Mark Preny	--	$81,016
68	Brian Smith	--	$81,000
68	Zachary Branum	--	$81,000
70	Avi Beliak	--	$80,000
70	Stephen Emedi	--	$80,000
70	Bryon McBride	Senior app developer	$80,000
70	Daniel Hahn	Senior app developer	$80,000
70	Pamela Poole	--	$80,000
75	Robert Burns	--	$79,500
75	Andrew Tobin	--	$79,500
75	Thomas Forese	--	$79,500
75	Justin Olson	--	$79,500
75	Boyd Dunn	--	$79,500
75	Douglas Little	--	$79,500
81	Vicki Schroeder	--	$78,671
82	Dennis Randolph	--	$77,000
82	Edward Hannsz	--	$77,000
84	Ricardo Gonzales	--	$75,000
84	Geoffrey McCormick	--	$75,000
86	Garrett Reed	--	$74,200
87	Chukwunonso Chidebell-Emordi	--	$74,000
88	Wendy Walther	Human resources manager	$73,000
89	Sujana Attaluri	--	$72,622
90	Jing Shi	Application developer	$72,280
91	Brian Bozzo	--	$72,000
91	Brian Smith	Public utilities analyst	$72,000
91	Candrea Allen	--	$72,000
91	Matthew Connolly	--	$72,000
95	Ragini Velaparthy	Application developer	$71,417
96	Gurudatta Belavadi	--	$70,283
97	Perry Wang	Application developer	$70,200
98	Connie Walczak	--	$70,000
98	Andrew Smith	--	$70,000
98	Angela Zang	--	$70,000